HAMPSHIRE. 
light-house. They consist chiefly of barren rocks, and Hany 
are inhabited only by about 100 souls, who subsist by 
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Hampshire, At the invasion of the Romans, great part of Hamp- 
Hampshire, shire was possessed by the Regni and Belge. The lat- 
New. ter kept possession of it for 60 years after the first land- fishing. ‘The dumb fish, which is caught here, is in the 
History, ing of the Saxons ; afterwards it formed part of Wes- ee estimation. Before the American war, the 
sex. The most remarkable antiquities in the county fishing was carried on by about 600 inhabitants, 
are Netley Abbey, near Southampton, founded in the 
Antiquities, Year 1239. The ruins of this abbey, situated as they- 
Population. 
Islands, 
are on the declivity of a hill, rising gently from the 
water, and environed by most beautiful wood scenery, 
form a very interesting object. The cathedral of Win- 
chester, curious as an instructive example of architec- 
ture; the chapel of our Lady, the choir, and a magni- 
ficently carved screen in stone work, are particularly 
celebrated. The college of William of Wykeham, at 
Winchester, is also a remarkable building, independently 
of their character and utility as a seminary. Hurst and 
Carisbrooke castles, the latter in the isle of Wight, are 
remarkable for having been the prisons of Charles I. ) 
The following results, respecting the population of 
this county, appear from the returns made in the year 
The shore of this-state is a a sandy beach, Gener 
marshes intersected by pect 
within which are many salt 
creeks. The county is mountainous, or consists of hill 
and dale for about 20 or 30 miles from the coast. At 
the distance of 30 miles from the coast, commences the 
first range of mountains called the Blue Hills. Seve- 
ral detached mountains of considerable elevation rise 
beyond these. Another r 
cipal range, called the White Mountain range, lies be. 
tween the Merrimac and the Connecticut. e moun- 
tains are almost all covered with wood.  _Moosehil- 
lock, the loftiest in the main range, is 4500 feet high. 
Sunapee is farther south in the same chain, and still . 
farther. to the south rises Monadnoe, which is 3254 
feet in height. Its base is 5 miles long from north to 
south, and its breadth $ miles. Volcanic aj 
are distinetly presented in different parts of the moun- 
Houses inhabited,........e.e20- 48,210 _ c o * . 
Families occupying them, ..+>.... 50,916 hoon “In 1730, als pm - Higet Pirates 2% 
Houses building,............ AAI frequent explosions, and saw columns of fire and'smoke 
ininhabied los “citeg € 1030 issuing from the mountains. Similar phenomena were 
21,401 
manufactures, &c. 18,024 
Males » not comprised. in. thiese, classes, a wae hay, and a single acre will produce 40 or 50 bushels 
Sree gah wit” oar tat patent eg 905 of wheat. The uplands yield only about 20 bushels, 
* GR ET: ze Sa SNE i te” si ih but they afford very rich pasture. 
The principal rivers in this state are the Connecti- Rivers, 
Population in 1801, 2222127236909 Sub the Ameriscoggin, the Saco, the Merrimac, the = 
Tocasene 38,180 Contoocock, the Piscataqua, and the Upper and Lower 
PL EDR OPS ars "eS Rinthl® a Tee Ammonoosuc. The three first have their origin in 
See Vancouver's Agriculture of Hampshire ; Beauties of 
eas and Wales, vol. v.: Worsley’s Isle of Wight ; 
and Gilpin’s Forest Scenery. (w. 8.) 
HAMPSHIRE, New, one of the northern states of 
America, is bounded on the north by Lower Canada, 
on the east by Maine and the Atlantic Ocean, on the 
south by Massachussets, and on ‘the west by the west 
bank of the Connecticut. It extends from north to 
south about 168 miles ; its greatest breadth is 90 miles, 
and its breadth at its northern extremity 19 miles. It has 
18 miles of sea coast, and a superficial extent of 9491 
square miles, or 6,074,240 acres. 
This state is divided into six counties, viz. . 
. No.of Population Principal. Popula- miles. -In 1794, a bridge was built over the river 
Comotions ¢:: Towne '-* la 2810, Towns tion. about 6: miles above Portsmouth. It is 2600 feet long, 
€oos . . 24 3,991 Lancaster 717 and is built chiefly on piles. The rest is a magnificent 
Gestion. 85 28.462 JS Haverhill 1,105 arch of 244 feet span over water about 46 feet deep. The 
4 Hanover 937  expence of it was 68,000 dollars. The Upper Ammo- 
Cheshire... 35. 40,988 ‘Charlesten 1,501 ~noosue rises on the north side of the White Mountains, 
: ‘ Keene 1,646 and after running 35 miles, it throws itself into the 
Hillsborough 42 49,249 Amherst 1,554 Connecticut at Northumberland. The Lower Ammo- 
’ Exeter 1,759 noosuc rises on the west side of the White Mountains, 
Rockingham 46 50,175 } Portsmouth 6,934 and after a course of 40 miles, it empties itself into the 
ae 2,393 Connecticut between Bath and Haverhill, where its 
; over 2,228 width is 300 feet. © 
ea de 41,595 Durham —_—- 1,449 The principal lakes inthis state are the Winnipiseogee, Lakes. 
wae ; which is about 24 miles long, and from 3 to 12 broad ; 
Total - 213° 214,460 the Umbagog, the next largest, which throws its wa- 
ters into the Ameriscoggin; the Squam Lake, which 
The Isles of Shoals, which are about eight in number. 
belong partly to New Hampshire and partly to Massa- 
chussets. They were discovered by Captain Smith in 
1614, and are situated 9 miles S. E. of Portsmouth 
~ seen in 1732. 5 
The soil of this state is extremely rich and fertile. soit a: 
immense crops of gricult 
The lands on the large rivers aff 
New Hampshire. The Merrimac rises in the Moose- 
hillock, at Sanborntown, where it receives the Win. 
nipeseogee, and takes the name of Merrimac, and falls 
into the sea at Newbury Port after a course of 100 miles. 
Canals have been formed at the Hookset falls, 8 miles 
below Concord, where the river falls 15 feet in 30 
roods, and also at the Amoskeag fall, 8 miles lower 
down, where the river makes three large awe 
amounting in all to 80 feet in half'a mile. The 
toocock, which is the principal tributary stream of the 
Merrimac, rises in Massachussets, and joins the Merri- 
mac a little above Concord, after a course of 60 or 70 
miles, The Piscataqua rises in the north east corner 
of Wakefield, and falls into the sea after a course of 50 
is 5 miles long, and.4 broad ; the Ossapee, which runs 
into the Saco ; and the Sunapee, which is 8 miles long, 
and 8 broad, .and runs into the Connecticut. 
The principal towns of New Hampshire are Ports« 
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